Fayerweather will papers, 1890-1948.

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Fayerweather will papers, 1890-1948.

The papers consist mainly of court statements, orders and records involving the court cases brought by Fayerweather's legatees against his executors over the settlement of his estate. There is also some correspondence and a folder of newspaper clippings relating to the dispute.

2 archive box (.5 linear ft.)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7644959

Amherst College. Library

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Amherst College

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Founded in 1821, Amherst College developed out of the secondary school Amherst Academy. The college was originally suggested as an alternative to Williams College, which was struggling to stay open. Although Williams survived, Amherst was formed and diverged into its own institution....

Fayerweather, Daniel B.

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Fayerweather was born on March 12, 1822 in Stepney, Connecticut. His father (a shoemaker) died when he was still very young, leaving his family with insufficient means for support. Fayerweather was "bound out" by court order to a Connecticut farmer, to serve as a farm hand until he was capable of supporting himself. After he finished his term, he went to Bridgeport, Connecticut, and learned shoemaking. His career as a shoemaker was interrupted by his conducting the "shoemaker's colic," an occupa...